First pictures from inside the Microsoft Store
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Oct 22, 2009
jinjo235 said...
Hmmm...it would seem as if Microsoft has copied Apple yet again!
Oct 22, 2009
rychlytrabant said...
looks like an apple store? Very confused?
Oct 22, 2009
doctorzaius said...
Is this where you go to have your Windows 7 launch party?
Oct 22, 2009
kilk said...
MS is retarded...this is an Apple Store with Microsoft logos. Please tell me they have a genius bar to! Oh God...good luck MS Genius!
Oct 22, 2009
jarkko said...
@kilk Nah, they're completely original... with a Guru Bar: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/24/microsoft_stores_to_mimic_apples_with_guru_bars.html
Oct 22, 2009
davesattler said...
if only the machines were prettier...
Oct 22, 2009
newscientist200 said...
All I see is Laptops, where are the Xbox 360s and Microsoft Surfaces?
Oct 22, 2009
kilk said...
@jarkko The only way they will get me into that store is if a giant paperclip follows you around while you shop! I can hear it now..."It looks like your trying to make a Guru Bar appointment, you should just buy a Mac and give up instead."
Oct 22, 2009
JefClaes said...
Stop hatin'
Oct 22, 2009
newscientist200 said...
The store has a video wall, static photos don't do the store justice.I would have liked to see some home servers, xbox 360s and Microsoft Surfaces.
Oct 22, 2009
RyanTownsend said...
Even the 'Infinite Possibilities' has a resemblence of some of the iPhone app adverts. Couldn't find the exact one with flying apps - think it was at WWDC, but this one is pretty close: http://www.foxnews.com/images/525736/0_61_phone_320.jpg
Oct 22, 2009
stufromotown said...
copy copy copy So, they're displaying merchandise on tables.....Hmmm I think "STORES" in general have done that since at least the first abacus store(or maybe earlier??) ;)
Oct 22, 2009
empapel said...
nifty store, but why Scottsdale?
Oct 22, 2009
ninjadad said...
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Oct 22, 2009
writersblock said...
Ah yes, Apple the inventor of the store. Mr. Jobs is a genius. ...not, grow up fanboi.
Oct 22, 2009
meteoracle said...
Why is everyone worried that MS copied Apple? Apple users can't possbily feel threatened. Can they?
Oct 22, 2009
jrep said...
C'mon, guys! This looks *nothing* like an Apple store: there are no crowds--you can see the floor!
Oct 22, 2009
Stephen Barnecut said...
It seems that, for the most part, people are satisfied so long as things look like the real thing.
Oct 22, 2009
HughCollier said...
Threatened? Certainly not. I find it hilarious! It's almost guaranteed that when Apple come up with something their competitors end up doing the same. It makes them look daft and devoid of ideas.
Example: Apple make Macbooks and iMacs white. About 4 years later I start seeing white consumer electronics everywhere, around this time Apple release the first unibody Macbooks which are silver and black. Now all of a sudden the white imitation stuff just looks dated. Basically Apple are running rings around their competitors and I for one find it pretty damn funny.
Oct 22, 2009
simonbanyard said...
Wow. I can't believe that some of you Microsoft FANBOYS cannot see how this is specifically ripping off the Apple Store concept!
Oct 22, 2009
meteoracle said...
I really don't think there's such a thing as a Microsoft fanboy, everyone I know hates Vista! Yes, the store may be a rip-off, but then how many stores have ripped off HMV? In business if an idea takes off, it WILL be copied. Yes, Apple do set trends, but as their user base is so loyal to them, they will almost always be successful.
Oct 22, 2009
thejobtrekker_ said...
This is really really bad. Where is the design it looks to me like a 70's version of the future. um "look a computer from the not so distant future".
Oct 22, 2009
oldershawbrand said...
seems like an apple store minus the design sense.
Oct 22, 2009
HughCollier said...
I've just noticed that the first image looks like a year 9 pupil's gone wrong science project.
Oct 22, 2009
I hope you guys realize that Apple copied off of Microsoft's first store. Microsoft unsuccessfully launched a store years ago, Apple took their ideas and made the Apple store. The only real difference was that they did it successfully.
Looking forward to seeing a Microsoft store in Indianapolis... Then again I'm moving...
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